The Speed Skating Canada Hall of Fame was established to honour and recognize athletes and volunteers who have made extraordinary contributions to speed skating in Canada and to ensure that these contributions will be remembered for generations to come.
Nominations for induction into the Speed Skating Canada Hall of Fame may be submitted in two categories: Athletes and Builders.
A speed skater or team of speed skaters (three or more athletes competing together in relays, pursuits or sprints) who has/have demonstrated exceptional long-term success and leadership qualities in speed skating. An athlete’s nomination for the Hall of Fame will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
A person who has demonstrated meaningful long-term involvement and who has made exceptional contributions to the development of speed skating in Canada, as an executive, administrator, coach, official or volunteer.
Nomination of an athlete may be made, at the earliest, two years after the athlete has retired from active competition.
Nomination of a team may be made, at the earliest, two years after it competed for the last time in the same composition as a team. The induction of a team applies only to the team collectively and not to its members individually.
An individual (athlete or builder) may only be inducted into the Hall of Fame once, unless they are also inducted as a member of a team. A maximum of one (1) athlete and one (1) builder will be selected for induction into the Hall of Fame in a given year.
Year | Category | Selection (City) |
1965 | Long track | Gorman, Charles I. (Saint John, N.B.) |
1965 | Long track | McCullough, Jack (Winnipeg) |
1965 | Long track | Mitchell, Betty (Winnipeg) |
1965 | Long track | Roe, Lot (Toronto) |
1965 | Long track | Stack, Frank (Winnipeg) |
1966 | Long track | Audley, Gordon (Winnipeg) |
1966 | Long track | Johnston, Percy (Toronto) |
1968 | Builder | Barber, Jack (Ottawa) |
1968 | Builder | Downey, Clarence (Saskatoon) |
1970 | Long track | Robson, Fred (Toronto) |
1972 | Long track | Brooks, Leila (Toronto) |
1972 | Builder | Underhill, Patricia (Edmonton) |
1973 | Builder | Costin, Harold P. (Ottawa) |
1975 | Long track | Robinson, Ross (Toronto) |
1975 | Long track | Ryan, Doreen (Edmonton) |
1976 | Long track | MacKay, Craig (Saskatoon) |
1978 | Long track | Hurd, Alex (Sudbury, Ont.) |
1978 | Long track | Logan, Fred (Saint John, N.B.) |
1978 | Long track | Logan, William (Saint John, N.B.) |
1978 | Long track | McCannell, Doreen (Winnipeg) |
1980 | Long track | Fitzgerald, Phyllis (Rocky Mountain House, Alta.) |
1980 | Long track | Gagné, Maurice (Charlesbourgh, Que.) |
1980 | Long track | Olin, Ralf (Ladysmith, B.C.) |
1980 | Builder | Panting, Arthur W. (Winnipeg) |
1980 | Builder | Roughton, William E. (Montreal) |
1981 | Long track | Burka-Lovell, Sylvia (Winnipeg) |
1982 | Long track | Priestner, Cathy (Calgary) |
1983 | Builder | Cody, Harry (Toronto) |
1983 | Builder | McCannell, Donald (Winnipeg) |
1983 | Long track | Sands, John (Mississauga, Ont.) |
1984 | Long track | Boucher, Gaétan (Sainte-Foy, Que.) |
1985 | Builder | Hennigar, Carl (Kitchener, Ont.) |
1985 | Builder | Hodges, Bob (Edmonton) |
1986 | Builder | Rubenstein, Louis (Montreal) |
1987 | Builder | Boschuk, Wally (Moose Jaw, Sask.) |
1987 | Builder | Comis, Bruno (Calgary) |
1987 | Short track | Daigle, Sylvie (Sherbrooke, Que.) |
1987 | Short track | Daignault, Guy (Montreal) |
1987 | Builder | Hurdis, John (Toronto) |
1987 | Builder | Marleau, René (Saskatoon) |
1987 | Builder | Morris, Leonard B. (Lachine, Que.) |
1987 | Builder | Overend, Clara (Abbotsford, B.C.) |
1987 | Builder | Overend, Howard (Abbotsford, B.C.) |
1987 | Builder | Walters, Jack (Ottawa) |
1987 | Builder | West, Ken (Kelowna, B.C.) |
1988 | Builder | Hearn, Eugene (Saskatoon) |
1990 | Short track | Baril, Benoît (Quebec, Que.) |
1990 | Short track | Daignault, Michel (Montreal) |
1990 | Short track | Grenier, Louis (Sainte-Foy, Que.) |
1990 | Short track | Perreault, Maryse (St-Élise d'Orford, Que.) |
1990 | Short track | Webster, Brenda (Regina) |
1991 | Builder | Grenier, Jean (Sainte-Foy, Que.) |
1991 | Builder | Laberge, Marcel (Sainte-Foy, Que.) |
1991 | Short track | Lambert, Nathalie (Montreal) |
1991 | Builder | Planert, Robert (Kitchener, Ont.) |
1991 | Builder | Verrault, Michel (Lac Beauport, Que.) |
1992 | Builder | Augustine, Harold (Regina) |
1992 | Short track | Blackburn, Frédéric (Chicoutimi, Que.) |
1992 | Builder | Comfort, Howard (Calgary) |
1992 | Builder | Goplen, Henrietta (Saskatoon) |
1992 | Long track | Sirois, Kevin (Red Deer, Alta.) |
1992 | Builder | Williamson, Peter (Winnipeg) |
1993 | Long track | Appleby, Liz (Winnipeg) |
1993 | Short track | Gagnon, Marc (Montreal) |
1993 | Builder | Jayner, Jack (Riverview, N.B.) |
1993 | Short track | Lackie, Mark (Calgary) |
1993 | Short track | Murray, Michael (Brampton, Ont.) |
1993 | Builder | Nadeau, Yves (Beloeil, Que.) |
1994 | Long track | Auch, Susan (Winnipeg) |
1994 | Short track | Donatelli Green, Eden (Calgary) |
1994 | Builder | Fletcher, Iris (Regina) |
1994 | Short track | Rhead Skarvan, Shelly (Moose Jaw, Sask.) |
1994 | Long track | Turnbull Spence, Cathy (Edmonton) |
1995 | Long track | Cassan, Gerry (Ottawa) |
1995 | Builder | Lamothe, André (Montreal) |
1995 | Long track | Scott, Kevin (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) |
1996 | Builder | Barlow, Elsie (Edmonton) |
1996 | Builder | Boucher, Bob (Nelson, B.C.) |
1996 | Builder | Gagné, Pierre (Charlesbourgh, Que.) |
1996 | Builder | Thususka, Brian (Don Mills, Ont.) |
1997 | Long track | Bouchard, Sylvain (Québec, Que.) |
1997 | Short track | Charest, Isabelle (Frelighsburg, Que.) |
1997 | Builder | Gordon, Doug (Winnipeg) |
1997 | Builder | Marcoux, Guy (Loretteville, Que.) |
1997 | Long track | Pichette, Jean (Sainte-Foy, Que.) |
1997 | Builder | Thompson, Ron (Winnipeg) |
1998 | Short track | Bédard, Éric (Shawinigan, Que.) |
1998 | Long track | Le May Doan, Catriona (Saskatoon) |
1998 | Long track | Overland, Kevin (Cambridge, Ont.) |
1998 | Short track | Perreault, Annie (Windsor, Que.) |
1998 | Long track | Wotherspoon, Jeremy (Humboldt, Sask.) |
1999 | Long track | Elm, Steven (Calgary) |
1999 | Long track | Loignon, Ariane (St-Étienne Lauzon, Que.) |
1999 | Short track | Monette, Jean-François (Montreal) |
1999 | Short track | Tremblay, François-Louis (Montreal, Que.) |
2000 | Builder | Chinquanta, Ottavio (Milan, Italy/Italie) |
2000 | Short track | Drolet, Marie-Êve (Laterrière, Que.) |
2000 | Builder | Dyer, William (Fort St. John, B.C.) |
2000 | Long track | Marois, Phillippe (Sherbrooke, Que.) |
2000 | Short track | Quinn, Andrew |
2000 | Short track | Robillard, Steve (Montreal) |
2000 | Short track | Scholten, Jeff (Fredericton, N.B.) |
2001 | Long track | Marshall, Neal (Coquitlam, B.C.) |
2004 | Long track | Hughes, Clara (Winnipeg) |
2004 | Builder | Thibault, Jacques (Calgary) |
2005 | Builder | Fisher, Debbie (Calgary) |
2005 | Short track | Guilmette, Jonathan (Montreal) |
2005 | Long track | Ireland, Mike (Winnipeg) |
2005 | Long track | Klassen, Cindy (Winnipeg) |
2005 | Long track | Rempel, Shannon (Winnipeg) |
2005 | Short track | Turcotte, Mathieu (Sherbrooke, Que.) |
2005 | Long track | Warsylewicz, Justin (Regina) |
2006 | Long track | Groves, Kristina (Ottawa) |
2006 | Short track | Leblanc-Boucher, Anouk (Prévost, Que.) |
2016 | Builder | Overland, Ernie (Kitchener, ON) |
2017 | Long Track | Nesbitt, Christine (London, ON) |
2018 | Short Track | Vicent, Tania (Laval, QC) |
2019 | Builder | Pat Leech (née Durnin), MB |